Linus Pauling

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The only person in history to win two unshared Nobel Prizes - for chemistry and for peace

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Linus Pauling is the only person in history to win two unshared Nobel Prizes - for chemistry and peace.

Throughout his long and brilliant career, he made revolutionary discoveries in chemistry, physics, molecular biology and medicine.  Then, during the height of the Cold War, he used his international fame and popularity to work for world peace and nuclear disarmament.

Linus Pauling is considered one of the greatest scientists and humanitarians of the 20th century.

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Linus Pauling - Young Man
Linus Pauling earned a Chemical Engineering degree at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) in Corvallis, OR. detail >>

Linus Pauling

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LINUS PAULING - Linus Pauling - Young Man

Linus Pauling earned a Chemical Engineering degree at Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) in Corvallis, OR.

Credit: Courtesy of the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, Oregon State University

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Linus Pauling -Professor
Linus Pauling earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. detail >>

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LINUS PAULING - Linus Pauling -Professor

Linus Pauling had a brilliant 40-year career at California Institute of Technology making revolutionary discoveries in chemistry, physics, molecular biology and medicine.

Credit: Courtesy of the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, Oregon State University

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Linus Pauling - Nobel Prize Winner
Linus Pauling won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1954. detail >>

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LINUS PAULING - Linus Pauling - Nobel Prize Winner

Linus Pauling is the only person in history to win two, unshared Nobel prizes: for chemistry in 1954 and for peace in 1962.

Credit: Courtesy of the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, Oregon State University

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Linus Pauling - 1901-1994
In 1970 Pauling wrote the controversial best seller, "Vitamin C and the Common Cold" about how mega doses of vitamins and micronutrients could improve health. detail >>

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LINUS PAULING - Linus Pauling - 1901-1994

After the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan in World War II, Pauling became one of the most visible peace activists in the 1950's and 60's. Critics labeled him a communist. He endured more than 20 years of FBI investigation.

Credit: Courtesy of the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, Oregon State University

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